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SMUG BYTES
Volume 7, Number 5
May 1990

Subscriptions = $10.00 per year
or free with swap. Send to:

SINCLAIR MILWAUKEE USERS GROUP
P.O. Box 101, Butler WI 53007

THIS MONTH:
— Last minute expo hints
— A review of DTE/DCE
— New Desk Top Publishing

Magazine
— Presidents Message

And Other Great Things

If any articles are copied
please credit SMUG BYTES
and the author.

NEXT MEETING DATE: 06/06/90

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3rd Wednesdav of the month to:
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(NOTE NEITHER ANY AUTHOR OR SMUG BYTES TAKES ANY RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANY HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR EQUIPMENT.)

Last Minute Expo Hints and Happenings

Well the menu for the buffet banquet
hass been turned in and it looks like
a good one. If you are not aware of it

the buffet will have three, count'm
three Entree's. Baked Chicken, BBQ
ribs, and Beef Stroganoff. So if you
like to eat be sure to make your move
now and get that reservation in. We
are filling up fast. We will be

sitting down around 6:3@pm with dinner
being served around 7.

Afterwards the motel will set up for
the expo, so you vendors will be able
to set up Friday night,if you wish.
Also the doors will be open for set up
Saturday morning at around 6:3@am. The
doors will open, for admission, at 9.

The Expo hours will be 9am to 5pm on

Saturday and 9am to 4pm on Sunday. The
drawings on the 1/2 hour.

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An update on speakers: Gary Granger of
DMA speaking on the Forth language.
This is be an interesting topic. Forth
is one of the few languages still in
heavy use in the Computer community.

One other item is to get
reservations in quickly. I can only
hold our slot of rooms until the 15th
of May. There will be no guarantee of
availability after that. I'm sorry but

your room

that's the way it must be. Also pre
registration must be postmarked by
Sat. May 26.

We will have two seminar rooms. The
first, 102, will contain the seminars
and the other, 202, will have a video
tape on static electricity. The static
video is very entertaining and
informative. Don't miss it. A Zap can
cause a lot of damage. Find out what
can cause a ZAP to hit.

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Well SMUGgers here's the reminder of
the pre Expo meeting. This is for any
one who wish's to help member or
otherwise. There will be a workers
meeting and please be there. I hope to
have the complete work schedule for
everyone.

Date: Wednesday, May 30, 1990. This
date was picked as it seems to be the

best time prior to the expo.

Location: Denny's on Silver Spring and
Mayfair road. Well actually it's on
Mayfair just a little North of Silver
Spring.

6:30 thats pm not
can't make it at that time come when
you can. I should also have the T's
and the Expo program for everyone.

Time: am. If vou

A New Computer Use

To: All Employees
POLICY STATEMENT:
were permitted to make trips
restroom under informal
Effective June 1,1990,

In the past, you
to the
guidelines.
a Restroom Trip

Policy (RTP) will be established to
provide a method of accounting for
each employee's restroom time and

ensuring equal treatment to employees.

PROCEDURE: Under this policy, a
“Restroom Trip Bank" (RTB) will be
established for each employee. The ist

day of each month, employees will be
given a Restroom Trip Credit (RTC) of
20. Restroom trip credits can be

accumulated from month to month.

entrances to all
restrooms are being equipped with
personnel Id. stations and computer
linked voice print recognition. During
the next weeks, each employee must
provide two copies of voice prints(one
normal,one under stress) to Personnel.

Currently, the

The voice print recognition stations
will be operational, but : -not
restrictive, for the month of June;

employees should acquaint themselves
with the stations during that period.

If an employee's Restroom Trip Bank
balance reaches zero, the doors to all
restrooms will not unlock for that
employee's voice until the first of
the next month.

In addition, all restroom stalls are
being equipped with timed paper roil

retactors. If the stall is occupied
for more than three minutes, an alarm
will sound. Thirty seconds «after the

alarm sounds, the roll of paper in the
stall will retract, the toilet will

flush and the stall door will open.

“Whoal That was a good one! Try it, Hobbs—
Just poke his brain right where my finger is."

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"They sure get lonely on weekends.'':.

May

1990

You may be wondering why SMUG Bytes is
arriving early. Well all you wonderful
people I am doing the newsletter early
to get it done before the expo. Those
of you attending the expo, and you
know who you are, will get a smooth?
running? show. We will have some nice
little items for you when you check in
besides the usual badge. But back to
the newsletter. Many thanks to all of
you subscribers, user groups and other
great Sinclairites out there. I hope
you can make the Expo but if you can't
I will have a wrap-up in the next
issue. I also hope to have some new
and exciting software from the great
vendors we have in the wonderful world
of Sinclair.

If anyone is interested in who was at
the expo and what went on please write
or call. The club would be glad to let
you know .all about it. But really we
would much rather see you in person.

the ULTIMATE
TSZOG8 printer?

USE W BERCO PRINTER I. FP? ves, if
an IBM parallel Plug 'n Print cartridge is used.

OKI ZO FEATURES? The OKI 20 can print in
NLG, draft, pica, elite, fine, double width, italics, sub/
superscript, & underline. Plain or thermal paper (tractor/
friction feed) ar acetate transparencies can be used.

COLOR SCREENS HARD-COPY'? Yes!!
*COLOR COPY" supports AL CULIR and b/w SCREENS dumps è
"PAINT & COPY" features W/-RES MWE coloring and copying.

CUSTOM CHARACTER SETS? Yes, downline
loadable character sets of custom characters and graphics
can be designed and transfered to an OKI 20. The utility
software "OKI D.L.C.G." allows for easy design of custom
char. sets and "OKI D.L.P.G." can transform a portion of a
SCREENS picture into a downline loadable character set.

OK IMATE 20 EXPENSIVE? No, the OKI 20
& Plug 'n Print cart. are widely available for about $180.
For a print sample, info. on 2068 software for the OKI 20,
and a list of OKI 20 dealers/prices, send a LSASE to:
McMichael NE!

1710 Palmer Dr. OKIMSTE 10
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Chinese Oa

Computerized translation of languages
apparently still has a way to go. Ken
Smith,a physicst at Bell Laboratories,
recently told a Dallas audience about
tests his group conducted with new
translation software. They entered the
saying "Out of sight, out of mind"
into the computer for translation into
Chinese and then back into English.
And what came out? "Invisible idiot."

Well Just Got The
New Updates Magazine

Haven't had a chance to dig through it
yet but I am realy glad to see it. We
still have one magazine publishing for
us Sinclairites.

Multiply by three the enjoysent that can come from your
S.4.U.6. Video Digitizer & 152068 with this new software:

VIDEOTEX: Capture a video image froa a VCR, video
camera, etc., & view it in thirteen greyscale levels!

VIDEO 3-Ds Creates a 3-D representation of a
video image captured by VIDEOTEX in either normal 3-D or
inverted 3-D. (See ad title for an example of the 3-D
effect.) Four different Z-axis "depths" aay be selected.

VIDEOCOPYs Only for owners of an OKIMATE 20
color printer with IBM parallel Plug 'n Print cartridge.
Allows a video image captured by VIDEOTEX to be hardcopied
in 13-level b/w greyscale or in color. Very colorful
hi-res "aodern art" depictions of the original b/w video
image are autosatically produced from a video data file.

A color editor is available for custom "colorizing".

This software is priced at $9.95 post-paid each, and coses
with coaplete user notes & video digitizing suggestions.
Send LSASE for additional inforaation and order fors to:
JOHN McMICHAEL, 1710 PALMER DR., LARAMIE, WY 82070

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DTEYDCE
What is the Difference between DTE and
DCE configured ports on RS-232
eguipment?
First, let's define DTE and DCE. DTE
stands for Data Terminal Equipment,
which normally either initiates or

receives data transmissions. DCE
stands for Data Communications Eguip.,
which is used as the media for inter-
connecting eguipment in a comm. link.
Examples of each type of eguipment are

DTE DCE
Computers Modems
Terminals Multiplexors
Printers DSU/CSUs

In reviewing the RS-232 interface,
examination of the signal directions
provides a clearer picture of how DTE
& DCE devices communicate. See below:

DTE Description DCE
2 Transmit Data/Receive Data 2
3 Receive Data/Transmit Data 3
4 Request to Send 4
5 Clear to Send 5
6 Data Set Ready 6
Z Signal Ground 7
8 Carrier Detect 8

19 Transmit Clock 15
17 Receive Clock LY
20 Data Terminal Ready 20
22 Ring Indicate 22
24 External Clock 24

As this indicates most of the control
leads (5,6,8,etc.) are output by the
DCE. This serves two purposes: First,
it lets the main CPU port (DTE) know
that the comm. link is up and
operational by pin 6,"Data Set Ready,”
with the modem as the data set. By the
same token, the data set need not be
online if the CPU is down, so it will
look for pin 20,"Data Terminal Ready,"
prior to establishing a connection to
the remote device. Secondly, it lets
the CPU know that the remote device is
up and operational.

This sequence of events can best be
seen ina multipoint polled-type
system. It works like this: When the
host system polls each device ina

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specific poll-type protocol, its data
set uses a constant carrier config-
uration. Each drop in the network will
have a switched carrier configuration.

On a flow chart, the sequence of

events is as follows:

+Power up DTEs, both remote and local.
DTR goes high from DTEs.

+Bring up comm. link or DCE equipment.
"Data Set Ready" is output by DCE to
let the system know th comm. link is
operational.

+Boot operating sys. in CPU. "Request
to Send" is output constant from CPU.
The CPUs data set gives a "Clear to
Send" signal to CPU and each drop
gets"Carrier Detect"signal from their
own data sets, which tells them the
host is available for communications.

+The host will generate its poll. This
will be sent to all drops on the link
and it will be up to the links to
respond to their own specific address
(which will be part of the poll).

+Prior to responding to the poll, the
DTE on the drop will raise "Requerst
to Send," get "Clear to Send" signal,
6 host will receive "Carrier Detect"
from its "Data Set." This will tell
the host the drop is ready to send.

+Exchange of data can now occur.

In summary, there are many variations
of this as manufacturers vary from
standards.

Tools For Rescuing
Your Newsletter—
by Don Poll, August Inside DPMA.

We are stranded on a tropical island
in the South Pacific.

Our ticket home is to create a prize
Winning Newsletter. To aid us we can
choose 10 tools-10 essential resources
for the publications professional.

Dictionary:

The American Heritage Dictionary. Any
good writer wouldn't begin without a
dictionary to include proper names and
Places. As a bonus, it has pictures!

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Newsletter Cont.

Stvlebook:

The Associated Press Style book. It
gives style guidelines that shape 90%
of the words people read every day
(newspaper copy). The AP Stylebook
describes how to treat numbers and
names, how to abbreviate, how to
punctuate and how to conjugate.

Word processor:

A basic word processing system isa

must for composition and editing.

Hand waxer:

Replaces rubber cement. This is a
compact little tool that applies a
thin layer of wax to the back of type

or line art which is pasted onto key
lines. It allows us to reposition copy
while it holds all the pieces on a
paste-up securely in place.

Design guide:

For design decisions, we need an idea
source. Print magazine's design annual
is the best. To request a copy of the

annual, write to Print,6400-Goldsboro
Road, Bethesda, MD 20817.

Border tape:

In the nuts and bolts department, we
need 10 rolls of 1/2 point border
tape. This is the material that allows
us to place boxes and lines on the
printed page. And 1/2 point (1/144 of
an inch) is the best width.

Photocopier:

With a long undersea extension cord to
a safely-grounded outlet on the
mainland, we'll order a photocopier
with enlargement and reduction
capabilities as our next selection.

Accessories:
To complete our list of 10 items, lets
procure a box of 100 single-edge razor

blades, three No.1 point technical
pens and a pad of Satin Design paper
(similar to heavy tracing paper),

ideal for thumbnail sketches and for
creating overlays on which to write
instructions to the printer.

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Aldrich Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55405.

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The Expo looks like it's going to be a
great Happening. Seminars on Forth,
DIP, Communications, Artificial
Intelligence, Quill and Static Elec.
Vendors are still signing up and user
groups also. The food sounds good and
the pool looks great. If you do miss
out on a motel reservation at the
Holiday Inn there are others close by.

Upcomming fests: Chicago Amateur Radio
Club Hamfest;May 27;3300 N. Campbell
Chi.IL;8-4 in/out door $3.: June 2-3
1990, Sinclair Expo Waukesha Holiday
Inn, Waukesha WI: June 17;UW Stevens
Point Student Center 8-4 $1:Swapfest
90; SMARC;Sat. July 7;Amer.Legion Post
Oak Creek WI;$4:Hamfest/Computer Mart;
4000 Saratoga Downers Grove,IL;July 8;
8am-?;$3.

New Sinclair MAG.
For Desk Top Pub.

Its called "The Sinclair Desktop
Publishing Journal" and its edited by
Mike Felerski. The address is xxxx
Brushwood Avenue Cincinnati,OH 45224.

Commodore
Panasonic
Amiga
Brother
NEC
Samsung

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Apple compatibles e IBM compatibles
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My first issue arrived last week and I
was pleasantly surprised with it. Mike
has covered Jack Dohany and the new
word processing program for which Jack
is the US distributor. It appears that
this is the new TS2068 word processing
program for the 90's.

Also covered was the Pixel Print
Professional 5.0. It was released in
February of this year as Fairware.

This means it can be copied and if you
like the program send Stan Lemke $25
or what ever you think is fair. The
program consists of 5 modules. These
modules are incorporated within a Boot
program that contains a menu to select
the proper module.

The third program is "The Print
Factory" by Byte Power Magazine. It is
a page maker program with which you

can create posters, newsletters, cover
pages and more.
If this seems like a mag. for you

please contact Mike. With out support
the whole Sinclair family will die out
and leave - everything to -Itty -Bitty
Marble company.

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May

1990

The Sinclair Milwaukee Users Group
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We are a not-for-profit group devoted Newsletter subscription is available
to serving the interests of those who for only $10 per year to non members
own, use, and/or are interested in the or free with a club membership. A club
Timex/Sinclair family of computers. membership is $20 per year for a

family membership.
Editor and contact person is:

Bill Heberlein (414) 527 2191. Advertising cost for 1/2 page ad

runing for six months is $10. The ad

SMUG maintains a gratis exchange of copy may be changed each month but you
newsletters with approximately 30 must supply the copy.
Users Groups across the U.S. and

Canada. Clubs not sending newsletters HOLIDAY INN |

for more than 6 months are removed nM X 1

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The next meeting of SMUG will be held on:
Wednesday, June 6,1990
6pm Set Up

6:30 Review of the Expo Location:

7:30 Business Meeting Equitable Savings and Loan,

8:30 A big thank you to all those 145th and Capital Drive,
who helped at the expo! Milwaukee Wisconsin

10:30 Clean Up

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